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<blockquote data-quote="Koloth" data-source="post: 9769270" data-attributes="member: 6706231">Sample size of one and all.&nbsp; My into to D&amp;D was when I started college.&nbsp; Started with OD&amp;D boxed set + supplements.&nbsp; Then on to AD&amp;D.&nbsp; Our small by most standards college town was lucky enough to have a Game Store(actual name) that carried RPG, Board games, War games, dice, minis, etc.&nbsp; I don't remember ever playing any version of Basic.&nbsp; Played D&amp;D, Traveller, SFB, a few others.&nbsp; I have hazy memories of sometimes seeing such things show up in 'main stream' stores like TG&amp;Y(long gone), K-Mart, and the up and coming Walmart.&nbsp;&nbsp; It always seemed like it was a test amount to see if the store could cash in on the 'D&amp;D craze' while avoiding irritating the religious folks that were preaching 'D&amp;D is Satan's work'. (Buckle of the Bible Belt)&nbsp; Likely the store buyers looked at the list of things available and would pick Basic as a good test item.&nbsp; Probable that parents bought a set for their kids not knowing that the kids already had a nice collection of AD&amp;D they had bought with their own money.&nbsp; This was toward the end of the Free Range Children era so kids often went places without fulltime parental survalence.&nbsp; As for dice, still have few of the soft impact well rounded D&amp;D dice.&nbsp; Some were sacrificed in an attempt to make metal dice(failed).&nbsp; My college Statistics class prof mentioned dice other then d6 but only used d6 for dice examples.&nbsp; Early 80s so D&amp;D was still pretty new.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Koloth, post: 9769270, member: 6706231"] Sample size of one and all. My into to D&D was when I started college. Started with OD&D boxed set + supplements. Then on to AD&D. Our small by most standards college town was lucky enough to have a Game Store(actual name) that carried RPG, Board games, War games, dice, minis, etc. I don't remember ever playing any version of Basic. Played D&D, Traveller, SFB, a few others. I have hazy memories of sometimes seeing such things show up in 'main stream' stores like TG&Y(long gone), K-Mart, and the up and coming Walmart. It always seemed like it was a test amount to see if the store could cash in on the 'D&D craze' while avoiding irritating the religious folks that were preaching 'D&D is Satan's work'. (Buckle of the Bible Belt) Likely the store buyers looked at the list of things available and would pick Basic as a good test item. Probable that parents bought a set for their kids not knowing that the kids already had a nice collection of AD&D they had bought with their own money. This was toward the end of the Free Range Children era so kids often went places without fulltime parental survalence. As for dice, still have few of the soft impact well rounded D&D dice. Some were sacrificed in an attempt to make metal dice(failed). My college Statistics class prof mentioned dice other then d6 but only used d6 for dice examples. Early 80s so D&D was still pretty new. [/QUOTE]

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